Today started with weaving a bit, still in my robe, couldn't wait.
One side and t'other side. This is definitely a learning piece, many do-overs and some goofs I found today when I looked at the back. I can see where I finally got the hang of it and started doing it right.
The first few inches are the best I could do at the time. But when I take it off the loom I can unravel the first few inches and be left with a much better band.
This was a difficult project for a beginner, the threads being so hard to tell apart, because of the variegation. Plain color is better but I didn't have any. What I do have is a lot of plans for more designs.
Then on to the afternoon and in the middle of the knitting group meeting, more HOA paperwork. I had to get a document notarized. This is for the townhouse I live in. Fortunately I could get it done at minimal cost at the very library I was already at.
The other HOA, don't get me started. I dread sending them information because they get back objecting. I this case three objections of which two I knocked down, and one I added information. It's very stressful waiting to see what they are fussing about. At this point by Friday afternoon all the current demands of both HOAs will be met. One more thing is not due till July.
Anyway the knitting group was very supportive and fun and here's what's up
M. is borrowing my Spurtzleur to try her hand at spinning on it. She's a skilled spinner with wheel and spindle but this is a new method for her.
The shawl nearly finished.
Chat ranged over travel to France including my old stamping grounds, Aix en Provence, Germany, bureaucracy, notarizing documents, baby talk, seed exchange, trains, planes, cats, twins, sons, and more.
Quick stop at the PO, watch your mailbox, Mary, then home to Textiles and Tea with
Her weaving, in cotton, is abstract, for wall hanging. She specializes in color and illusion as you see from the dazzle effect between her blocks. There's a lot to see in these apparently simple designs.
She teaches color and design and was a grade school art teacher for many years, and really focuses on color and shape rather than weave patterns. She stitches her work on to linen canvas attached to artist's stretchers, for hanging taut.
Her work is worth sitting with. There's a lot to see.
Happy day everyone! Mine was, a lot happening, all of it good.
